7 Places to Take Your Kids (Before They Grow Up)

A Man-Made Wonder Mount Rushmore; South Dakota

Let's face it: This larger-than-life sculpture of the giant faces of four dead presidents is a bit odd. But it's probably just strange enough to fascinate your children. Mount Rushmore is a tribute to the power, skill, and dedication of the nearly 400 men who worked 14 years to complete the 60-foot carvings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, all chosen to represent the first 150 years of American history.

Other Great Landmarks

Hoover Dam; Arizona and Nevada

Straddling the border of these two western states, the 726-foot-tall dam is one of the world's great engineering feats.

Golden Gate Bridge; San Francisco

The bridge offers a fantastic view of the city, even through Frisco's trademark fog. Walk across the span and feel it vibrate underneath you as traffic rushes by.

Copyright © 2007. Used with permission from the September 2007 issue of Parents magazine.